Kickin' it with your host, Angelina:Get Right With God (Lucinda Williams)Down to the Well (Kevin Gordon with Lucinda Williams)Gumbo Moon (Grace Potter)Devil's in the Jukebox (Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs)

Music in Juneau this Friday night at The Rookery: Tracy Spring"Get Lucky with You"

Deep Red Bells (Neko Case)Six O'clock News (Kathleen Edwards)Sinner's Prayer (Rod Picott)Linda McCabe (Deering and Down) -- we wish them all the best back in Memphis!!

Sunday, September 25, 2011

It’s 1934 and the world’s greatest tenor is scheduled to open the Cleveland Grand Opera Company’s 50th anniversary season as the lead in Verdi’s Otello. However, things don’t go quite as planned for El Stupendo, and especially as the opera company’s long-suffering assistant (and would be tenor) Max. Rapid exits, mistaken identity (some inadvertent, others not) and lots of opera jokes abound in today’s show.

Lend Me a Tenor opened on the West End in June and closed in August. Reviews were pretty good but it just didn’t seem to develop the kind of following the play it is based on has developed. But the play is delightful and so is the music for this incarnation.

Codes and Keys, Death Cab for CutieI Know You Don't Love Me, Peter Bjorn and JohnCall It What You Want, Foster the PeopleGod Made Man, Young the GiantTwo Cups of Coffee, Josh KelleyKiss Them For Me, Anna NalickHanging On The Wire, PJ HarveyLose to Win, Daniel PowterHey Mama, Matt Nathanson

Playing classical music of all periods. This week: Carl Nielsen's "Inextinguishable" Symphony, a concerto grosso of Archangelo Corelli, Norman Dello Joio's Sonata for Trumpet & Piano, and much more, plus a regional calendar of classical performance events. Larry West hosts the program on Friday from 1-4 PM on KRNN, 102.7.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

It’s a Paris kind of day – so we start with the 1973 Broadway version of Lerner and Loewe’s 1958 film classic, Gigi. Taking place around the turn of the last century, Gigi tells the story of a young girl who captures the love of the bon vivant bachelor Gaston Lachaille.

It’s only played for 103 performances, but won the Tony for best musical score. It’s hard when your source material is one of the classic film musicals.

We’ll stay in Paris with another Broadway musical based on a film. Victor, Victoriais set in Paris in the Roaring 20’s, when an unemployed soprano (Victoria) pretends to be a Polish count (Victor) who is a female impersonator.

Music: Henry Mancini and Frank WildhornLyrics: Leslie Bricusse and Frank WildhornBook: Blake EdwardsBasis: 1982 film Victor Victoria, which was a remake of the German film comedy Viktor und Viktoria shot by Reinhold Schünzel in 1933 from his own script.

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Soldiers Joy, Benton Flippen, Fiddler's DreamBenton's Dream, Benton Flippin', Old Time New TimeBenton's Train, Benton Flippin, Fiddler's DreamSally in the Turnip Patch, Benton Flippen, Old Time New Time

B.B. King is 86 today! Here are two songs from his Grammy-winning CD 80, recorded when B.B. was turning 80 years old -Need Your Love So Bad (with Sheryl Crow), There Must Be a Better World Somewhere (Doc Pomus and Dr. John; with Gloria Estafan)

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Live in JuneauThieves of Our Fathers, Harrison B performing LIVE this weekend in Juneau

From Across the PondTake Good Care, Joss StoneLove Somebody, Robbie WilliamsDon't Give Up, Peter GabrielDancing with the Big Boys, David BowieA Life Shot in Black and White, Simple MindsInto the Night, The Human League

Sunday, September 11, 2011

It’s a jukebox musical kind of afternoon. We’re listening to Rock of Ages, which has a story designed to showcase the glam rock music of the 1980’s. The original cast recording has program notes by the writer of the book, Chris D'Arienzo, titled “The Creation of Rock of Ages, the Greatest Piece of Musical Theater since Showboat (or How I Inadvertently Tried to Destroy Broadway forever.)”

The songs are listed below with the original band name afterward. The show was named for Def Leppard’s single Rock of Ages, but the owner of the license wouldn’t let them use the song.

The show was nominated for 5 Tonys, but didn't win any of them. However, on July 1, 2009, after a matinee performance, the cast set a new Guinness World Record for the Largest Air Guitar Ensemble. A total of 810 participants, including audience members and fans, shattered the previous record of 440 people playing air guitar simultaneously.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

from the new SingOut magazine
"2153" by Eliza Gilkeyson album: Roses at the End of Time
"All the World is One" by Peter Mayer album: Heaven Below
"The Idiot" by Stan Rogers album:The Very Best of Stan Rogers
"Gonna Take Us All" by Jon Fromer album: Gonna Take Us All

Sunday, September 4, 2011

It’s a classic today. Lerner and Loewe followed their “practically perfect’ musical My Fair Lady with the story of a young king whose queen falls in love with his best friend, and in doing so, destroys a nation and a dream.

Camelot, based on T.H. White’s The Once and Future King, didn’t meet with immediate critical success. After all, how do the follow up something like My Fair Lady? But Camelot ran on Broadway for 873 performances, winning four Tony Awards and spawning several revivals, foreign productions and a 1967 film version and a 1982 HBO special. The original cast album was America's top-selling LP for 60 weeks.

Friday, September 2, 2011

Honeyboy Edwards - the last of the great Delta bluesmen, a contemporary of Robert Johnson; he died early this week at age 96 - Sweet Home Chicago (Johnson), The Army Blues, Strolling Down Highway 61, Jump Out

KRNN 102.7

Juneau’s unique home-made public radio tradition of everything from folk to jazz and from world music to the classics. The music is all handpicked and most of the programs are locally hosted by community volunteers who share both a love for music and public radio. KRNN on 102.7 celebrates Juneau’s diversity with an eclectic music schedule, a close connection to the community and a strong sense of place. – radio that’s conversational, curious and authentic.